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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

My String Quilt quilted and bound!

My first finished quilt of 2012, although the quilt top has been in my WIP pile since March 2010! This is also the last project I have to finish off which is a great way to start off this year don't you think! I'm not sure why it took me so long to get around to quilting this quilt. I guess because it is for us it was not urgent and I had other projects that actually had deadlines to complete by. Also I think because I love this quilt so much I was a little bit intimidated by how to quilt it without ruining the design. The free-motion quilting is far from perfect in some of the squares where I first started off but I quickly got better and figured out the best way of dealing with the bulk of the quilt as I was sewing.

I think I love the back as much as the front which is just made up of fabrics from my stash that needed to be used up. I used a variegated thread in the bobbin for the quilting which mixes in with all those colours so it neither stands out too much or gets lost either.

Here's a close-up shot of the decorative machine stitch I used. I really like the effect that this rainbow thread makes as you sew. If you're interested the decorative threads I have used they are mostly all by the Guutermann brand which are readily available in most places I think.

And here's one of my favourite shots of it taken on our back steps leading to our garden. Thankfully yesterday it stopped raining so I could take it outside for its photo-shoot. You can see more photos here on my flickr page. This is a true scrap quilt as it started off with a scrap swap with some ladies in the Old Red Barn flickr group. I added scraps from my own stash, used up scraps for the back and also ends of binding leftover from previous quilts and projects. It certainly feels good to have made a quilt entirely from scraps and of course it makes an interesting quilt to make and look at. I can pick out fabrics that were leftover from dresses I made my girls when they were younger and fabrics that are from a different era that were given to me from an Auntie, and even a couple of fabrics from the very first quilt I made. I have to say my stash is nicely getting depleted of fabrics I have had for a little too long.

This quilt really is glorious! Although it's scrappy, the fact you have grouped colours together and used the same design for the blocks, gives it a designed look. The idea of scrappy binding is perhaps something I should consider seeing as I mostly use second hand scraps in my quilting.Teresa x

"Beautiful" doesn't even come close. I love it! I'm so glad you're keeping it -- so often we create these gorgeous things then give them away. Lucky you getting to admire this every day! You deserve if after all that work.

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I am a Mother of two beautiful girls who keep me busy and inspire me to create beautiful things for them and our home. I love to sew and create things handmade and I hope I can inspire others to sew & generally be creative through sharing my never-ending list of projects here on my blog. Please feel free to leave a comment, I would love to hear from you and always try to reply.
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